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Monday Jun 15 | WTOK-TV Meridian

MDOT Project Updates

The Mississippi Department of Transportation announced updates on projects in Newton, Lauderdale, and Neshoba counties.

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Fri Jun 12, 2009

WTOK-TV Meridian

Newton County Shooting

Temp: 91.0 F Heat Index: 98 F Meridian, Key Field, MS Newton county sheriff Jackie Knight says James Stroud is facing charges in the incident.

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Thu Jun 11, 2009

Meridian Star

Fun Raiser

Leland Neese, 2, sits in a pile of plush toys for sale on the porch of the Legion Hut in Decatur during a fundraiser Saturday to benefit 14-year-old Morgan Parker who is in need of organ transplants.

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Mon Jun 08, 2009

Meridian Star

Pavilion named for Evers

Myrlie Evers-Williams has spent a lifetime reminding others that her husband died while fighting for racial equality and said she was thankful for efforts to keep his legacy alive.

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Sun Jun 07, 2009

Meridian Star

MCC hires new campus police chief

Now serving as Campus Police Chief, Williams worked for 11 years with the Mississippi Department of Corrections as a probation and parole officer as well as serving as a police officer in Newton.

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Fri Jun 05, 2009

Meridian Star

Dead Body-Parking Tickets

A New York City woman says her father apparently lay dead for weeks in a minivan while police repeatedly left parking tickets on the vehicle.

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Thu Jun 04, 2009

Meridian Star

Carr seizes mayora s seat in Newton

Despite a caustic letter sent to Newton residents four days before the mayoral election that tried to set race relations back in the town by 40 years, David Carr was able to comfortably win the mayor's seat Tuesday with 68 percent of the vote.

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Tue Jun 02, 2009

Meridian Star

Lawrence Community Club

Members of the Lawrence Community Club were treated to a program of favorite hymns at the May 7, 2009, meeting at the clubhouse.

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Fri May 29, 2009

Laurel Leader-Call

(UPDATE) Veterans cemetery reaches milestone

The State Veterans Affairs Board has received permission from the Veterans Administration to solicit for construction of Mississippi's first state-operated cemetery for military veterans.

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Meridian Star

Veterans cemetery reaches milestone

In any major undertaking such as the one the size of the Mississippi Veterans Memorial Cemetery , baby steps must be taken during the course of the project.

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Tue May 26, 2009

WTOK-TV Meridian

Community Comes to Aid of Park

A Newton city park that was damaged during Hurricane Katrina in 2005 is getting some repairs as part of a community project.

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Fri May 22, 2009

WTOK-TV Meridian

Newton Eyes Economic Growth

Economic development officials in Newton say they are enthusiastic about a community growth study that will be conducted in coming weeks.

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Tue May 12, 2009

News-Star

Mississippi driver charged with DWI on U.S. Highway 80

A Newton, Miss. driver was charged with DWI, improper lane use and speeding at 1:33 a.m. today, after Louisiana State Police stopped his vehicle near the intersection of U.S. 80 and Louisiana 139.

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Sun Apr 26, 2009

Meridian Star

Hickory Happenings

PRAYER: BY AN UNKNOWN CONFEDERATE SOLDIER I asked God for strength, that I might achieve, I was made weak, that I might humbly obey.

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Wed Apr 15, 2009

WTOK-TV Meridian

Grassroots 'Tea Party' in Meridian

Hundreds of "tea parties" took place across the country Wednesday. People not happy with the spending in Washington protested in the style of The Boston Tea Party.

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Sat Apr 04, 2009

Meridian Star

Relay for Life: a special event for special people

Everyone knows someone who has been touched by cancer in one way or another. For Pat Dean, the second year event chairperson for the Newton Relay for Life fundraising campaign, it was her sister who in 2000 succumbed to colon cancer.

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Thu Apr 02, 2009

The Clarion-Ledger

Miss. employees begin Trash Bash

Employee volunteers with the Mississippi Department of Transportation will be removing litter today from various locations in central Mississippi as part of MDOT's annual Trash Bash.

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Sat Mar 28, 2009

Meridian Star

Storm Damage

PHOTO BY PAULA MERRITT / THE MERIDIAN STAR Henry Hall mends a barbwire fence on his property that was hit early Thursday morning by a tornado in the Garlandville Community in Jasper County near the Newton County line.

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Sat Mar 07, 2009

WTOK-TV Meridian

Our Town Newton: Loose Caboose Festival This Weekend

The city of Newton, Miss., is hosting its annual Loose Caboose Festival through Saturday in downtown.

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WTOK-TV Meridian

Our Town Newton: A Place for Historic Preservation

One of Newton County's oldest homes has a new home of its own. The McElroy-Hoye House has been located at a spot on East Church Street next to First Baptist Church for well over a hundred years.

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